Commodification of Ghana's Volta River: An Example of Ellul's Autonomy of Technique

Autor/inn/en	Agbemabiese, Lawrence; Byrne, John
Titel	Commodification of Ghana's Volta River: An Example of Ellul's Autonomy of Technique
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 25 (2005) 1, S.17-25 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-4676
DOI	10.1177/0270467604273821
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Freedom; Poverty; Social Change; Development; Science and Society; Industry; Energy Management; Developing Nations; Economic Development; Quality of Life + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Freiheit; Armut; Sozialer Wandel; Entwicklung; Industrie; Energiehaushalt; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Lebensqualität
Abstract	Jacques Ellul argued that modernity's nearly exclusive reliance on science and technology to design society would threaten human freedom. Of particular concern for Ellul was the prospect of the technical milieu overwhelming culture. The commodification of the Volta River in order to modernize Ghana illustrates the Ellulian dilemma of the autonomy of technique. Displacing a commons way of life, the Volta River Project has imposed an energy commodity regime and a technocratic management scheme to rule the basin, which now includes modern aluminum manufacturing. But after 50 years of modernization, there is little evidence of poverty alleviation or an advance of freedom. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10